The use of arene/Ru/TsDPEN catalysts bearing a heterocyclic group on the TsDPEN in the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (ATH) of dihydroisoquinolines (DHIQs) containing meta- or para-substituted aromatic groups at the 1-position results in the formation of products of high enantiomeric excess. Previously, only 1-(ortho-substituted)aryl DHIQs, or with an electron-rich fused ring gave products with high enantioselectivity; therefore, this approach solves a long-standing challenge for imine ATH.A ring-closing aminooxygenation of alkenes with N-benzoyloxycarbamates occurs with very high diastereoselectivity (typically &gt;201 d.r.) and very high enantioselectivity (up to 99% ee). The reaction is catalyzed by a recently developed chiral-at-metal ruthenium complex at catalyst loadings of 0.5-1.0 mol %. The reaction is proposed to proceed through a ruthenium nitrenoid intermediate that depending on the nature of the substrate undergoes either an aminooxygenation (1,2-disubstituted alkenes) or stops at the stage of the aziridination (trisubstituted alkenes), which can then be ring opened with benzoic acid. The resulting chiral cyclic carbamates can be hydrolyzed under basic conditions to provide versatile chiral 2-amino-1,3-diols with vicinal stereocenters.Axially chiral compounds widely occur in natural products, biologically active molecules, ligands, and catalysts, and their efficient and enantioselective synthesis is highly desirable. Herein, we report a novel method for the atroposelective construction of axially chiral N-aryl benzimidazoles with chiral phosphoric acid as the organocatalyst via reaction of N1-(aryl)benzene-1,2-diamines with multicarbonyl compounds. The present method provided the target products in high yields (up to 89%) with excellent enantioselectivity (up to 98% ee).Reported herein is a palladium/copper cooperative-catalyzed dicarbofunctionalization of alkene-tethered carbamoyl chlorides with 1,1-diborylmethane. This cyclization/deborylation cascade strategy allows for the expedient formation of the versatile borylated 3,3-disubstituted oxindole skeleton, allowing for further functionalization via the derivatization of the carbon-boron bond.An N-heterocyclic carbene and photoredox cocatalyzed α-amino-acid decarboxylative carbonylation reaction is presented. This method displays good scope generality, providing a direct pathway to access various downstream α-amino ketones under bio- and medicinally compatible conditions. Moreover, this strategy is appealing to chemical biology because it has great potential for the chemical modification of peptides or the late-stage synthesis of keto-peptides.Enallenes can be readily converted into two families of 3.2.0 (hetero)bicycles with high diastereoselectivities through the combination of visible light with a suitable Ir(III) complex (1 mol %). Two complementary pathways, namely, a photocycloaddition versus a radical chain, can then take place. Both manifolds grant complete regiocontrol of the allene difunctionalization. This is accompanied by an original 1,3-group shift using sulfonyl allenamides that deliver a congested tetrasubstituted headbridging carbon in the corresponding product.A direct cross-coupling between sodium sulfinates and 2H-indazoles has been developed under electrochemical conditions. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/pterostilbene.html The utilization of a graphite anode and platinum cathode in an undivided cell with a constant current of 7 mA allowed the concurrent oxidations of sulfinates and 2H-indazoles to sulfonyl radical and radical cationic 2H-indazoles, facilitating the direct radical-radical coupling strategy to 3-sulfonylated 2H-indazole derivatives. The transition-metal- and redox-reagent-free synthetic approach should serve as a valuable synthetic tool to achieve heteroaromatic compounds.A Schiff-base nickel(II)-phosphene-catalyzed chemodivergent C-H functionalization and cyclopropanation of aromatic heterocycles is reported in moderate to excellent yields and very good regioselectivity and diastereoselectivity. The weak, noncovalent interaction between the phosphene ligand and Ni center facilitates the ligand dissociation, generating the electronically and coordinatively unsaturated active catalyst. The proposed mechanisms for the reported reactions are in good accord with the experimental results and theoretical calculations, providing a suitable model of stereocontrol for the cyclopropanation reaction.Functionalized angular cycloalkane-fused naphthalenes were prepared using a two-step process involving a Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of aryl pinacol boronates and vinyl triflates followed by a boron trifluoride etherate-catalyzed cycloaromatization.This work describes the total synthesis of raputindole A (1) through a convergent approach that features (1) an iridium-catalyzed cyclization to assemble the tricyclic core of the northern part, (2) enzymatic resolution to secure the preparation of an enantiomerically pure benzylic alcohol intermediate, and (3) the installation of the isobutenyl side chain via methallylation of the corresponding benzylic carbocation and coupling of the northern and southern parts via the Heck reaction. (+)-Raputindole A (1) was prepared in 10 steps (longest linear sequence) in 3.3% overall yield.Azanorbornadienes (ZNDs), prepared from pyrroles, undergo Michael reaction with thiols followed by retro-Diels-Alder (rDA) cleavage to release the starting pyrrole and a thiomaleate. Somewhat less reactive in this regard than furan-derived oxanorbornadienes, ZNDs have an additional point of variability at the pyrrole nitrogen center. Sulfonylated ZNDs were far more stable toward rDA cleavage than acylated analogues. tert-Butoxycarbonyl examples were much less reactive with thiols, rendering the rDA step slower than the initial conjugate addition.Herein, direct N,N-dialkylation of acylhydrazides using alcohols is reported. This catalytic protocol provides one-pot synthesis of both symmetrical and unsymmetrical N,N-disubstituted acylhydrazides using an assortment of primary and secondary alcohols with remarkable selectivity and excellent yields. Interestingly, the use of diols resulted in intermolecular cyclization of acylhydrazides, and such products are privileged structures in biologically active compounds. Water is the only byproduct, which makes this catalytic protocol sustainable and environmentally benign.